A black metal oxide XO is used as a catalyst in the preparation of oxygen gas from potassium chlorate. The oxide XO is also used in ordinary dry cells. The metal oxide XO cannot be reduced satisfactorily with carbon to form metal X.
(a) Name the metal X.
(b) Name the metal oxide XO
(c) Which reducing agent can be used to reduce XO to obtain metal X ?
(d) Name another metal which can also be extracted by the reduction of its oxide with the above reducing agent.
